No More Heroes on HD consoles has pretty good first week in Japan

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The Ghost of RubangB said:

--OkeyDokey-- said:

scottie said:

Kasz216 said:

jake_the_fake1 said:

Galaki said:
The Wii was at 70M world wide way back 2 years ago.

of course not, but the fact remains the Wii still had a much larger install base than either the PS3 or 360 2 years ago, so OP comment still remains true even if it could have been worded better.

 

At the end of the day, each console targets a certain demographic, the Wii it's Casuals >> core, and the HD twins it's CORE >> casuals, it's just how things are this generation.

Actually the PS3 has a bigger userbase now then the Wii did when NMH released.

Almost twice as high infact!

 

However, I don't think people are really reading what we say :P

The 360 version did better too, with a userbase of just over a million. How do you explain that?

The PS3 version is censored, just like the original was in Japan.  The 360 version is uncensored, like the original was in North America.  The whole point of the game is overdoing violence in a really comical way to make fun of modern games.  Taking the blood out ruins it.  It's like taking all the blood out of a Monty Python sketch.  Anyway, this is a really nerdy game with a very small but hardcore following.  They all know to get the uncensored version.

Yeah and like I said, really nerdy games with a very small but hardcore following tend to do well on the Xbox 360 (provided that it's a 360 exclusive or the 360 version is superior). The Xbox 360 has it's following with hardcore Japanese otakus. That's why the sales on the 360 were so good. In terms of HD market share, PS3 beats out the 360 4:1. Meaning the 360 only has 20% HD console market share in Japan. But for a game like No More Heroes, where the install base is more hardcore, the Xbox 360 adoption rate is much higher (more like 50% of the HD audience).